08-19-2012, 04:30 PM
Quote:Well, I have to say first that Africa wasn't as hot back then as it was now; there are a lot of cities on the coast anyways so if you marched along the coast I'm sure you wouldn't have much of a problem.
The main difference was more vegetation, I presume, then. But a lot had been wrecked by the Vandals, so I dunno..
Quote:Also, after 439 there isn't much recorded Gothic activity in Gaul afterwards. Most of the Activity is with the suebes in the 440s, so if I reconquered Africa the Suebes would have been the next most immediate threat to me, ergo I'd have taken them out next.
It was important, though, to get Gaul back in order; it was economically and strategically more important.
Quote:Also, you do have a point - without the hunnic edge Gaiseric might have been emboldened to make a move against Carthage.
An even clearer case can be made for Sueve expansion in Spain due to that.
